HOLDEN, EDWARD S.
\hˈə͡ʊldən], \hˈəʊldən], \h_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə_n]\
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Born in 1846, was connected with the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1873 to 1886, when he became director of the Lick Observatory. He is the author of a life of Sir William Herschel and "Monograph of the Central Parts of the Nebula of Orion," an exhaustive treatise.
By John Franklin Jameson
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